From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - X Factor   
   >   
   > All answers in this round contain the letter X.  For personal   
   > names, the single name containing the X is sufficient no matter   
   > whether it is the first or last name.  For phrases, though, the   
   > full phrase is required.   
   >   
   > 2. Microsoft created their own version of UNIX, intended for use   
   >    on microcomputers.  They didn't have the right to call it UNIX,   
   >    so they gave it their own name.  What was that?   
      
   Xenix   
      
   > 4. This place was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty   
   >    in China when it was visited by Marco Polo in about 1275.   
   >    Its name has multiple spellings, but one was made famous in a   
   >    1797 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  What was that version   
   >    of its name?   
      
   Xanadu   
      
   > 5. In his State of the Union address in 2002, George W. Bush   
   >    accused Iran, Iraq, and North Korea of helping terrorism and   
   >    seeking nuclear weapons.  What phrase did he subsequently apply   
   >    to this group of countries?   
      
   Axis of evil   
      
   > 6. First settled in 1786, this city was the first capital of   
   >    Tennessee.  It also hosted the 1982 World's Fair.  Name the city.   
      
   Knoxville   
      
   > 7. Their real names were Leonard, Adolph (who became Arthur),   
   >    Julius, Milton, and Herbert.  These brothers enjoyed success   
   >    in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early   
   >    1900s to 1950.  What was their family name?   
      
   Marx   
      
   > 8. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 until World War I   
   >    in 1914 was a period of relative peace in Europe and the world,   
   >    during which the British Empire became the largest empire of   
   >    all time.  What phrase was used to describe this period of   
   >    peace due to British hegemony?   
      
   Pax Brittanica   
      
   > ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Valentine's Day   
   >   
   > * A. History: It Happened on Valentine's Day   
   >   
   >    A1. In what year did the St. Valentine's Day massacre occur   
   >        in Chicago, when the South Side gang led by Al Capone   
   >        murdered several members of the North Side Irish gang led   
   >        by Bugs Moran?   
      
   1929   
      
   >    A2. In what year, within 2, did Thomas Watson Sr. rename his   
   >        company from CTR to IBM?   
      
   1949   
      
   > * D. Sports: 40-Love   
   >   
   > These two questions are about the marriages and divorces of   
   > professional tennis players.   
   >   
   >    D1. Andre Agassi """has been""" married to which tennis player   
   >        since 2001?   
      
   Steffi Graf   
      
   >    D2. Chris Evert """has been""" married and divorced three times.   
   >        Who did she marry in 2008, and divorce in 2009 after only   
   >        18 months?   
      
   Ivan Lendl   
      
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